Clergyman's

I was cast as a college girl and that wasn’t really hard to play as I was very young then. I was treated as a child on the sets. When the movies finally hit the theatres, all the newspapers carried reviews that said, ‘What natural acting.
- Vyjayanthimala

There were no acting schools or workshops then. What came naturally to you, is all you had. But Bharata Natyam taught me everything.
- Vyjayanthimala

And when I joined politics people told me it wasn’t the same as the Independence era, so you can imagine how it has become now. It’s such a sad thing. Instead of taking to the country to a higher level we are going downwards.
- Vyjayanthimala

If Bharatanatyam helped my movies, I cannot say the same about films helping my Bharatanatyam.
- Vyjayanthimala

I always cribbed about having such a long name and my grandmother would say that nobody else will be called ‘Vyjayanthimala'.
- Vyjayanthimala

I poured my heart and soul into the role of Chandramukhi. In my view, hers was the greater character . One scene that will forever be etched in my memory is the one in which Devdas takes leave of Chandramukhi, saying that he hopes he will meet her again, 'if not in this lifetime, then in the next'.
- Vyjayanthimala

But first I was made to learn music, because music and dance go together. You can sing, but you can’t dance without music...
- Vyjayanthimala